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📊 April 3, 2026 ETH Perpetual Contract Quick Overview (10:15 UTC+8)
• Current Price: $2057.45, 24h -4.50%
• Market Sentiment: Bearish dominance, contract liquidations mainly long positions (24h long liquidations of $72.27 million), open interest at $27.821 billion
🎯 Key Price Levels (Intraday)
• Support
◦ First support: $2020–$2030 (Lower Bollinger Band + dense trading)
◦ Strong support: $2000 (psychological level), if broken look at $1970–$1950
• Resistance
◦ First resistance: $2080 (Middle Bollinger Band + moving average resistance)
◦ Strong resistance: $2130–$2150 (Previous high + bearish watershed)
📈 Contract Technicals (Daily/4H)
• Moving Averages: Bearish alignment (EMA5

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AI concept coins do not possess safe-haven properties independent of the broader market. Instead, they act as "amplifiers" under geopolitical risks rather than "safe harbors."
In the current tense US-Iran situation and market panic, AI tokens show a strong positive correlation with Bitcoin (BTC), and due to their high Beta (high volatility) characteristics, they tend to fall even more sharply than the overall market.
1. Data Verification: Move in the same direction, with more intense volatility
Sector-wide decline: Data from Q1 2026 shows that during periods of heightened geopolitical risk, the AI sector and currency-related assets (BTC), smart contract platforms (ETH) all declined across the board, with no "see-saw" effect.
Deeper declines: Although the AI sector appears "relatively resilient" in some statistics, this only means it falls less, not that it rises against the trend. Once risk appetite reverses, pure concept AI coins (like the recently plummeting SIREN) with no actual revenue can experience liquidity crashes, with declines far exceeding BTC.
2. Linkage Logic: The essence of risk assets
Emotional resonance: Currently, AI coins are mostly viewed as a crypto reflection of "tech growth stocks." When geopolitical conflicts push oil prices higher and trigger global risk asset sell-offs, funds indiscriminately withdraw from high-volatility assets, with AI coins bearing the brunt.
Leverage effect: The AI sector attracts a lot of speculative capital and high leverage. When panic hits, these leveraged positions are liquidated, creating a negative feedback loop that causes prices to "free fall" in a short period.
3. Safe-haven Misconceptions: Why they can't replace gold
Genuine safe-haven assets (like gold and US Treasuries) have low correlation and negative interest rate hedging properties. In contrast, AI tokens:
High correlation: Highly tied to the Nasdaq index and BTC.
No cash flow: Most projects lack real income, making valuation support very weak during panic.
Liquidity trap: In extreme market conditions, the liquidity of altcoins can evaporate instantly, making it impossible to sell or exit.
4. Current Strategy: Defense over offense
Considering your focus on "weekend market trends" and "geopolitical risks":
Give up illusions: Don't try to find a "safe haven" in AI coins—they will only amplify your losses.
Dimensional defense: If you must hold positions, BTC and ETH are far more defensive than any AI altcoins.
Cash is king: Until geopolitical tensions clear, holding USDT/USDC or some RWA (real-world asset) tokens is the real "safe haven."
In a nutshell: AI coins are "accelerators" in a bull market but "meat grinders" during geopolitical crises. They only show relative resilience (fall less), but have no independent safe-haven ability (rising against the trend).

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I have been following a very interesting character story in the NFT community recently. Speaking of Charlotte Fang, this name is quite controversial in the crypto art circle—some say he built a unique NFT culture community through Milady, while others see him as a proponent of extreme ideas. I think this story is worth a deeper look.
Charlotte Fang's entrepreneurial experience isn't limited to just the Milady project. Years ago, he launched an NFT project called Yayo, but it quickly disappeared without a trace. What truly established his roots in the crypto art world was Milady, launched in August 2021—a pixel-style NFT series. Honestly, the roadmap at the time was extremely simple, basically just aiming to create a Minecraft-like server. But this seemingly simple idea was accepted by the market. The project sold out quickly, and by April 2022, the floor price even rose to 1.55 ETH, making it a second-tier blue-chip NFT.
However, the good times didn't last long. In May 2022, things suddenly took a turn. Someone uncovered that Charlotte Fang had operated a virtual female account named Miya, which had posted大量 racist, anti-LGBTQ, and white nationalist remarks. Once the news broke, the entire NFT community exploded, and the Milady floor price plummeted to 0.26 ETH.
Initially, Charlotte Fang ignored the accusations, but later he changed his stance, claiming those were acts of performance art and that he did not truly endorse those extreme views. Interestingly, the market chose to believe his explanation. The Milady floor price rebounded, and the criticism within the community gradually subsided. The steadfast holders helped the project survive the crypto winter of 2022.
The turning point came in May 2023. Elon Musk posted a tweet using a Milady meme, a seemingly accidental move that changed everything. The imagination space for Milady was unlocked, and the floor price surged afterward. By August of that year, Milady had become the second-highest floor price series after Cryptopunks and BAYC, with a 10K PFP series.
But Charlotte Fang's story isn't over yet. In September 2023, he filed a lawsuit against three members of the Milady Maker team. Although few details are known publicly, he withdrew the lawsuit voluntarily later this year.
To this day, despite ongoing controversy, Charlotte Fang has delivered an impressive track record: Milady remains among the top 10K PFP series, the CULT token pre-sale raised over $20 million, and the project itself has become one of the blue-chip NFTs frequently airdropped.
I personally think Charlotte Fang's story is quite complex. He clearly understands the logic of internet communication—every tweet seems like a passionate declaration to the Milady community. Whether he is a true innovator, a misunderstood genius, or what he will do next—only time can tell. I've also been paying attention to his recent moves and feel that this person definitely has a story to tell.

Iran: Strait of Hormuz Reopens but Not Open to the U.S.
#Iran
The impact on the crypto market is primarily short-term negative and long-term positive, but it depends on whether the conflict escalates, oil prices remain above $100, and whether the Federal Reserve shifts its policy.
#四月行情预测
Short-term: Risk appetite declines + high oil prices + expectations of high interest rates → suppresses cryptocurrencies.
Long-term: Weakening of the petrodollar, increased geopolitical safe-haven demand → benefits decentralized assets like Bitcoin.

Iran: Strait of Hormuz Reopens but Not Open to the U.S.
#Iran
The impact on the crypto market is primarily short-term negative and long-term positive, but it depends on whether the conflict escalates, oil prices remain above $100, and whether the Federal Reserve shifts its policy.
#四月行情预测
Short-term: Risk appetite declines + high oil prices + expectations of high interest rates → suppresses cryptocurrencies.
Long-term: Weakening of the petrodollar, increased geopolitical safe-haven demand → benefits decentralized assets like Bitcoin.

I saw the data in the 36kr article, as shown in the picture.
These temporary miners who switch from mining hash power to running AI $BTC are no different from retail investors cutting losses at the bottom to buy gold and silver.
They are all chasing gains and selling off at dips, with no independent judgment. Is the US’s hash power shortage due to your mining machines? No, it’s an energy issue. Nvidia’s new GPUs are about to double their hash rate again.
Mining machines are not the bottleneck; the generators in mining farms are what AI giants are eyeing. It’s well known that tokens in the US are expensive; spending 1 kWh on tokens can earn you the equivalent of 10 kWh in profit. But tokens won’t stay expensive forever. Don’t you envy Minimax leading the total token consumption? The competitors across the Pacific are pricing at only 1/15 of that, and OpenAI and others will eventually have to adjust their prices.
So, making 10 times the profit from 1 kWh of electricity, just like DeFi mining, is a trap set for you. Once suppliers are all in place and have invested heavily in building generators and data centers, they will definitely go crazy with the profits.
The next step might even be running tokens at a loss. You have to mine somehow—letting aging equipment sit idle just results in depreciation to zero, and mining at a loss might still recover some of the initial capital.
Or maybe go back to mining BTC? Running tokens requires different availability/network latency than mining BTC. There are additional investments, such as slicing large models, parallel processing, and pipelines that need ultra-low latency and huge throughput between GPUs across multiple servers, requiring special cabling. 2C inference also needs a high-speed network environment.
These may sound trivial, but the costs of doing them are not cheap at all. After all, American infrastructure relies on private funding. If your cluster is in a remote area…
In short, I estimate that after taking a walk around, the bottom-fishing $BTC will have to mine again, mining cards will be iterated, and the old machines will lose their advantage and can no longer mine at the current cost of $BTC …